Tim Murphy Quotes From Ivy Football Teleconference

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Tim Murphy, the Thomas
Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football, recently took
part in the Ivy League's weekly teleconference. Below are his
quotes from the event.

Additionally, coach Murphy will give more insight into his
Crimson as he takes part in the weekly New England Football
Writers' Association Luncheon Wednesday afternoon at Harvard's
Dillon Field House.

The event - the nation's oldest weekly football media gathering,
now entering its 82nd season - begins at noon and features head
coaches, players and administrators from around the region from all
levels of NCAA competition. This year's event will be streamed live
via the web on GoCrimson.com and is part of the All-Access and
Football Season Pass for streaming.

Fans can login to Harvard's Multimedia section of the website to
watch the streams. Recaps of the event will be posted in the
afternoon and will be sent to media and area schools as well. Local
fans can do even better as the event is open to the public for a
fee of $10 per person.

Each school's coach/administrator will speak briefly about his
team's last game, a preview up the upcoming games and an assessment
of his team's top players. Additionally, the weekly Gold Helmet
Award is given to the preceding week's top players. The award is
sponsored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston and the weekly
winners - one from Divisions I and one from Divisions II/III - are
presented with a plaque.

Harvard Head Coach Tim Murphy on the team's win versus
Cornell and the upcoming game versus Lehigh
Overall, our win was a very solid effort. The most important thing
is that our kids played with great intensity from start to finish.
We put a lot of pressure on their young offense with nine sacks
against their young quarterback. Offensively we started much more
slowly but as the game wore on, our kids got better and better. We
threw the ball 35 times with Colton
Chapple… we ended up with 505 yards of total offense and
300 yards plus rushing.

Gino
Gordon continues to be a tremendous asset and I am really happy
with Colton Chapple. He's progressed and is a very tough kid. We've
got a lot of work to do. There are some things I'm not happy with -
we had some mistakes, had some turnovers and had some
penalties.

On special teams, our coaching staff has done a great job
– we've improved as specialists and as a unit. Jacob
Dombrowski kicked two inside the 5-yard line and I'm really happy
with the punting unit overall.

(Looking ahead) this is a very good Lehigh team. Their two loses
were to Villanova and New Hampshire… they're very athletic,
very physical. This will be a step up from the past two weeks.

On Penn head coach Al Bagnoli becoming the winningest
coach in Penn history I've said this before but they should put a statue up
because he's done an amazing job… What Al and his staff have
done over the years is remarkable. From my point of view, they've
done an outstanding job and are the measure by which we're all
measured. Hopefully when he retires, hopefully soon Al, these years
will be measured as the golden years of Penn football.

On the Ivy League sporting a 9-4 record versus Patriot
League teams this season and with Harvard having considerable
success versus PL teams
I think it goes in cycles. There are some great programs in that
league. Our league has a lot of strong teams, a lot of parity, but
there are cycles.

On the health o his program and if there are any updates
for this week
No updates yet - we'll know more on the QB situation probably
tomorrow morning. But I'm excited about the play of Colton Chapple;
we know we've lost some guys for the season but those are the
challenges you face and we embrace the opportunity for other kids
to step up and overcome those issues.

About Harvard's running game and how that has helped a
young quarterback
The obvious thing is it gives us great balance and
unpredictability. The combination has made us a better football
team. Ironically, by losing some of the players we've had, it has
made us a better football team because it has forced us to achieve
some balance.